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DEVICE FOR SECURING STRAPS T0 BUGKLES, &c.

, Patented Sept. 18, 1883.

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NHE I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COTTON H. ALLEN, LOF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DEVICE FOR SECURING STRAPS TO BUCKLES, 84c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,200, dated September 18, 1883. I Application filed March 7, 1883. (No model.) I

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, COTTON H. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful In provements in Devices for Securing the Laps h of Straps in Attaching Rings, Buckles, &c.,

' which weaken the same.

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in the means employed to secure the laps of leather straps, such laps being those parts of the straps which are inserted .through a ring or loop I and folded or turned back on the body of the straps, where they are usually secured by stitching with thread, or by punching holes through the parts, inserting rivets through such holes, and

I then upsetting the projecting ends of the rivets. The stitching is obj eetionable, in that the stitches rip or break, and thus destroy the connection; and the riveting is objectionable, in that the strap must be provided with holes,

The objects of my invention are to avoid these objections and to provide anovel device for permanently and substantially securing the lap for connecting the strap with a ring, loop, or buckle. This I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter described and .claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying In connecting the strap with the ring No.. 1, or the loop 2 of the buckle 3, the end of the strap is passed through the ring or loop and then folded or turned back on the body of the strap, which folded or turned back portion constitutes the lap 41..

In order to permanently secure this lap to the body of the strap in a substantial manner, I provide a device which is formed of a nar row flat strip of brass, malleable iron, or other metal capable of being' bent without breaking. This strip is bent up adjacent to each end to form a straight base or body portion, 5, and two arms, the latter projecting a short distance from the base or body at right angles thereto, as at 6, such straight portions being of a length equal to substantially the thickness of the two thicknesses of leather strap. From the outer end of the straight portion 6 the arms converge, as at 7, to stand in oblique positions relative to the base or body, and adjacent to the extremity of each armthat is, intermediate of the length of said portion or arms 7-.-is formed a pointed projection, 8, which is pyramidal in form, the base thereof joining the arm and the points standing toward each other. To apply the clasp it is slipped over the strap until it reaches the place on the lap where the latter is to be confined. The converging arms are then pressed down upon the lap, which causes the pointed projections' topenetrate the leather. In actual use the points, after passing through the lap and meeting the body of the strap, will be deflected or turned away from a straight line, thus clinching the points into the leather. The two arms, being tightly compressed, will rest thus form in effect a continuous band, while the clinched points secure the same and attach the lap permanently and substantiallyto the strap body. The pyramidal form of the projections gives them body and strength, the base of the pyramid receiving all the strain on the lap and effectually resisting the same, thus mak ing a very strong and efficient connection of the parts. The device can be conveniently made from brass or other metal capable of being bent without breaking, and provides efficient and durable means for securing leather laps. The outer surface of the base or body can be polished or ornamented with suitable designs, and thus form an attractive adjunct to and a neat device for securing straps to rings, buckles, and similar articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- V A device for securing the laps of straps, con sisting of a strip of metal bent to form a straight base or body, 5, straightportions 6,

against each other at their extremities, and

at right angles to the base or body, and of a I11 testimony whereof I have hereunto set my length equal to the two thicknesses of the hand in the presence of two subscribing Witstrap, and converging portions 7, each of said nesses.

converging portions having intermediate of COTTON H. ALLEN. 5 its length a pointed pyramidal-shaped proj ec- WVitnesses:

tion, 8, substantially as and for the purposes EDWIN O. S. HUNT,

described. I GEO. W. DAVIS. 

